“Summer days driftin’ away, to uh-oh those summer nights.” When Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey penned those lyrics for the song “Summer Nights” from the musical Grease, I doubt they were thinking about summer stargazing. But summer nights are made for observing, especially through binoculars. And here are a baker’s dozen delights that await you.

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